Egg separator



Aug. 21, 1945;

l. J. FEDJE EG SEPARATOR Filed March 5, 1945 Patented Aug. 21, 1945 UNITED STATES; PATENT OFFICE EGG SEPARATOR Ida J. Fedje, Minneapolis, Minn. ApplicationMarch 5, 1945, Serial No. 581,134

A 3 Claims. (01. 146-2) This invention relates to a device for use in separating the yolks from the whites of eggs, one of the objects being to provide a simple, inex pensive and efiicient device of this character which can be manipulated readily for the.pur-

poses intended. I

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds,

the invention consists of certain novel details of and the position of an egg while being opened and of the delivered contents being also shown by broken lines. 1

Figure 2 is a top plan view. Figure 3 is an elevation of one end thereof. Figure 4 is 'an elevation of the opposite end thereof.

Referring to the figures by characters of reference, l designates a container formed of metal, plastic, or any other suitable material, one end of this container being inclined to form, in effect, an outlet spout 2. The top of the container is closed at that end remote from end 2 bya shelf 3 which can be integral with the container and has projecting end 4 providing a handle. The other end of the shelf is dipped down into and extends throughout the width of the container and is formed with an upwardly extended flange ,BeXtending from one side to the other of the container. An opening 6 is formed in the shelf adjacent to the container and normally is closed by a cover I which rests on the shelf throughout the width thereof and is provided at one end with an upturned portion or handle 8 while its other end has an upwardly extended flange 9. This flange normally bears against the flange 5 r as has been shown in Fig. 1.

In practice, an egg E is struck downwardly upon the upper edges of the two flanges 5 and 9 and these flanges will break through the shell and push upwardly through the contents of the egg without, however, perforating the membrane. While this is being done the device 'is held by handle 4. After the egg has been cracked as explained and as shown in Fig. 1, the thumb of the hand gripping handle 4 is used for pulling the cover I backwardly on shelf 3 by means of the end 8. This will cause flange 9 to move away from fiange 5 and complete the splitting of the shell. It will also release the contents of the shell so that the unbroken yolk will drop with the white through the opening 6. Coverl is thereafter removed from the shelf and inserted downwardly into the container with flange 9 extended toward the deposited egg but supported slightly away from the bottom of the container as shown by broken lines at the right of Fig. 1. The container I is then tilted so that the inclined end 2 will move downwardly andflange 9, during this operation, will hold back the yolk of the eggwhile the white portion will flow under the flange 9 and outwardly over the spout end of the container. cause the yolk tends to float on the white of the egg and thus willmove onto the flange 9 while i the White is flowin thereunder.

It is to be understood of course that the cover 1 is used for separation purposesonly when necessary. ,At other times, it need not be inserted downwardly into the container and after the e g has been opened and deposited in the container, it can be poured therefrom with the yolk unbroken by allowing it to slip along the spout end 2 of the container into a pan or other receptacle where the egg is to be cooked. l

Obviously the entire device can be cleaned readily and, as before stated, it can bemade in .two pieces of metal, plastic, glass, etc, one of the pieces being the container and the shelf while the other piece is the cover.

By s0 constructing the device (that the shelf dips downwardly into the container, there is no danger of the contents of the egg Shell flowing over the, sides of the device during the opening of the egg. l i 9 What is claimed is:

1. An egg separator including a container, a shelf overlying a portion of the container and extendingdownwardly thereinto, said shelf having an opening therethrough for the delivery of the c'ontentsof an egg shell into the container, an upstanding flange on the shelf, a cover movably mounted on the shelf and normally closing the opening, and an upstanding flange on the cover and normally positioned. against the flange on the shelf, said flanges constituting means for breaking through the shell of an egg when struck thereagainst.

2. An egg separator including a container, a

This separation is possible beshelf supported therein and having a delivery opening therethrough, and cooperating fixed and movable means positioned on the shelf and adjacent to the opening for cracking and pullingapart the shell of an egg struck thereagainst.

3. An egg separator including a container, a

shelf supported therein having a delivery opening, a stationary flange on the shelf adjacent to the opening, a movable flange, both flanges being positioned to simultaneously crack and enter a shell struck thereagainst, and movable means on the shelf constituting a closure for the opening and an operating means for the movable flange.

IDA J. FEDJE. 

